Cindi Anderson on mon 16 aug 04
How long do people keep pots?
Personally, I think it *may* be the crowd you hang out with. Are they
particularly "artsy" type of people? Maybe they are more likely to change
often? It just doesn't match my experience at all. Half my family is still
using hand me down plates from when I was a kid in the 70's! I have had 3
sets in 20 years. All the friends I can think of have had the same ones as
long as I've known them.
I would like to hear if anybody on ClayArt changes their plates every 3
years or shorter. This is not to judge anyone. We all have the things we
buy for our own reasons. Of course there is the environmentalist in me who
thinks we should be satisfied with an item as long as it performs its
function, but that is always in conflict with the person who wants to live
in pretty surroundings. I really would just like to know if you are right.
Cindi
Fremont, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Earl Krueger"
>
> Maybe it's just the crowd I hang out with?
Vince Pitelka on fri 20 aug 04
How long do people keep pots?
> Pottery is unlike almost anything else available in the
> marketplace today. It can last a 1000 years but just
> because it can doesn't mean that a purchaser must
> keep it forever. What's wrong with a customer
> replacing their tableware every 3 years? Keeps the
> potters working.
Earl -
There is nothing wrong with it at all, but I still say that most people do
not replace their tableware every three years or even every ten years. Why
would they? Your comments about people frequently changing their
surroundings simply does not correspond with any people I have ever known.
It is outside of my sphere of experience. It would disturb me to find out
that there are large numbers of people out there who develop such a shallow
connections with handmade items that they want to get rid of them after
three years. I simply cannot imagine that.
Of course I want to see potters working, but not because shallow,
unimaginative people replace their tableware every three years.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
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